[PATCH libdrm 2/5] xf86drm: implement drmParseSubsystemType for OpenBSD

[Emil Velikov]

On 30 November 2016 at 00:23, Jonathan Gray <jsg at jsg.id.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 07:46:31PM +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:
>> On 26 November 2016 at 00:40, Jonathan Gray <jsg at jsg.id.au> wrote:
>> > Implement drmParseSubsystemType for OpenBSD by always returning
>> > DRM_BUS_PCI.  No non-pci drm drivers are in the kernel and this is
>> > unlikely to change anytime soon as the existing ones aren't permissively
>> > licensed.
>> >
>> A few noticeable X11 MIT style licensed drivers include qxl, vgem and
>> virtio. Two of which PCI ones and vgem in it's own unique category ;-)
>>
>> There was a question about re-licensing [some] drivers a few years ago
>> at XDC in France. IIRC devs were fine with it, yet it doesn't seem
>> like things changed much.
>> Have you/fellow BSD developers considered reaching out [as a group] to
>> interested drivers/developers ? Pardon if I've already
>> mentioned/already asked about this.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Emil
>
> There is no particular driver, cirrus, gma500 etc might be nice but
> really what limited spare time we have that involves drm is dealt
> dealing with the constant churn of i915.
Ack. AFAICT keeping track is a slightly different ball-game, which
does eat a lot of time.

<offtopic>
Consider reusing/sharing of the kernel compat layer that FreeBSD and
others did. If you haven't already.

As one starts incrementally picking each [git] commit it should be
easier to track regressions and pick fixes.
</offtopic>

-Emil